I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

Countless eyes were looking at Ding Ziyan. Under everyone's gaze, the blood on Ding Ziyan's face slowly flowed down and finally dripped onto the city wall.

Finally, under the gaze of everyone, Ding Ziyan stared with his eyes wide open and fell backward unwillingly.

thump!

Seeing this scene, the soldiers on both sides were stunned for a moment. Although both men had clearly fallen, no soldier dared to rush forward to fight.

After a long silence, a faint voice sounded.

"Fuck, am I dead... or am I alive?"

In full view of everyone, Qin Tianzhu slowly turned over from the ground, gasping for breath, picked up his spear, and struggled to stand up from the ground with his whole body trembling.

This scene instantly changed the mood of the soldiers on both sides, and all the soldiers in Taiping County felt relieved.

Under the gaze of everyone, Qin Tianzhu picked up a long knife from the ground with trembling hands, then struggled to cut off Ding Ziyan's head and raised it high with the spear in his hand.

"Luoyun City defenders, listen up!"

"Ding Ziyan is dead! Luoyun City has been destroyed!"

After shouting this, Qin Tianzhu fell backwards again. This time, all the soldiers in Taiping County rushed up and caught Qin Tianzhu with countless hands.

Qin Tianzhu used all his strength to raise one hand, and the sound coming out of his mouth was so weak that no one could hear it.

But at this time, Qin Tianzhu, who had just completed the task of beheading the general, didn't need to speak at all. As long as he could still take a breath, it was enough to scare the enemy.

"Broken city! Broken city!"

"Kill!"

A roar that reached the sky was heard, and countless soldiers rushed forward.

……

Evening sunset.

The entire battlefield has gradually become quiet, with countless swords and guns scattered on the battlefield. Human life is the most valuable thing here. The corpses lying on the spot tell the world the cruelty of war.

Jiang Yuan slowly walked up to the city wall and watched Ding Ziyan's flag being cut down and replaced with the dragon flag symbolizing Taiping County.

Next to the dragon flag, there is also a Qin, yes, the Qin of Qin Tianzhu.

"Sir, are you really going to let me stay here?" Qin Tianzhu wailed, looking at Jiang Yuan with pitiful eyes.

Jiang Yuan looked at Qin Tianzhu, who was already wrapped in bandages, with a bad temper: "Since you are in this state, just recuperate here."

After saying that, Jiang Yuan couldn't help but shook his head: "Are you bored? I gave you a musket. If you just go up and shoot a few times, I don't believe Ding Ziyan can still move."

"Alright, just recuperate in Luoyun City and we'll talk about it when you're better."

"Sir, this is just a superficial wound. It will heal in two or three days. There will be no delay." Qin Tianzhu said quickly.

This is just the beginning, the first battle after leaving the mountain. There are many more battles to come. If I can fight all the way to the imperial capital, it will be so awesome to show it off to everyone. How could I fail in the first battle?

"Stop talking nonsense and stay in the city to recuperate for three months." Jiang Yuan waved his hand and called Li Hu.

"Bring me the map."

"Okay!" Li Hu quickly took out a map as tall as a person and spread it on the ground.

The map was densely packed with figures, showing all the cities, big and small, in the territory of Daduan.

"Everyone come here!" Jiang Yuan said, looking at the map.

Although the million soldiers behind him are very powerful, according to Jiang Yuan's plan, the million-strong army will not always stay together.

The first is that logistical supply is too difficult, and any city does not need so many people to attack. Take Luoyun City as an example. The main force for the frontal attack is only more than 100,000 people, and the remaining hundreds of thousands of people are just watching the show.

It is most appropriate to divide the troops into several groups. Not only will the speed be faster, but supply will also be much more convenient.

After capturing a city, the food in the city would definitely not be enough to feed a million soldiers, but it would definitely be enough for 200,000.

"grown ups."

"grown ups."

A voice was heard, and all the generals of Taiping County came to Jiang Yuan.

"Well, listen up everyone. Today's first battle will be to capture Luoyun City, but tomorrow we will begin to divide our forces and advance. Remember each of your responsibilities and tasks."

Everyone nodded, as this matter was related to the overall victory or failure.

"Listen up, everyone. We are now in Yunzhou. Wang Jue, Huolong, Qinglong, and Long Guangxian. The four of you will form a group. Qinglong and Huolong will lead 100,000 cavalry. Wang Jue, you will take 50,000 infantry and 30,000 archers. Long Guangxian, you will do the same. In addition, you will take 1,000 musketeers and 100 cannons."

"You all know how to use cannons to attack a city, right? You'll just follow this. Head towards Caiyun City. After conquering Caiyun City, take Yezhou, and then Qianzhou, Taizhou, and finally the Northern Imperial Capital!"

"Chen Qing, you and the barbarian leaders including Crazy Bull, Fierce Tiger, Big Snake, and Rock will cross the Qianlong River, starting from Jingzhou, and go along Shangzhou, Wanzhou, and finally the Imperial Capital in the north."

"Your deployment will be the same as Wang Jue and his men. For the rest of you, we will fight upwards along the other half of the state separated by the Qianlong River."

"If nothing unexpected happens, we will be able to join forces in the imperial city in three months."

"Do you understand everything? If you have any questions, feel free to ask them now."

Jiang Yuan glanced at everyone in turn, and everyone shook their heads to indicate that there was no problem. The plan had been explained quite clearly, and according to the configuration Jiang Yuan had given them, each unit would have at least 100,000 cavalry and 100,000 infantry. With this configuration, they really couldn't think of anything that could stop them from advancing.

"Oh, by the way, if anyone from either side discovers that Ning Fei has arrived with 200,000 border troops, retreat immediately and notify me."

After saying that, Jiang Yuan waved to everyone and said, "Alright, everyone go back and rest. Three months from now, let's see who reaches the imperial capital first!"

"understand!"

After everyone turned around and left, Jiang Yuan led Wang Gang slowly down the city wall.

The next morning, in front of the Luoyun City gate, Qin Tianzhu looked at the people leaving with reluctance.

"Okay, it's only three months. If you're lucky, you might be able to make it to the battle in the capital." Jiang Yuan patted his shoulder, jumped on his horse, and led the troops to continue forward.

Jiang Yuan's team has the largest number of people among the three troops, including four barbarian leaders such as Qilin, Tongtian, Kunpeng, and Xuanwu, as well as Xiliuer from the priest clan.

In addition, Zhao Kai, Kong Xuan, Wang Gang, and Xue Zhen also followed closely behind Jiang Yuan.

As the team continued to move forward, before they knew it, a small town appeared in front of them again.

"Sir, can you let me take the lead this time?" Kong Xuan said excitedly.

Jiang Yuan looked at the small town in the distance and simply nodded.

The small town in front of me is really small, comparable to Taiping County ten years ago. It is estimated that there are at most three thousand defenders in the city.

Under Jiang Yuan's gaze, Kong Xuan just arrived at the city gate with a big knife, and saw the city gate opened directly. A middle-aged man walked out with his hands tremblingly raised.

"General, please do not resort to violence. I am the magistrate of this city and I surrender!"

Kong Xuan was stunned where he stood. No, buddy, I haven't even started my usual routine of making threats before the battle, and you're surrendering straight away?

Do you have any backbone!

Behind Kong Xuan, Jiang Yuan laughed in silence. This situation was within his expectations.

Kong Xuan didn't think about it. It was a small town with a thousand defenders. They saw a large group of soldiers coming from a distance, and it looked like they were coming with bad intentions.

Who dares to resist? How can they resist?

Kong Xuan rode his horse silently to the middle-aged man, took the seal representing his identity from his hand, and turned back to Jiang Yuan.

"Well, very good. Let them change to our flag and tell him that if he sees Ning Fei's troops coming and cannot defeat them, he can run away, but if he dares to surrender again, his whole family will be gone."

Jiang Yuan spoke calmly. It was such a small city with no food and no soldiers. The whole city could not even gather a hundred sets of armor. No one was too lazy to go into such a place.

"Alright, pass the order down, the entire army continues to advance!"

After saying this, Jiang Yuan continued to spur his horse forward.

In the blink of an eye, three days passed quietly, and Jiang Yuan and others finally set foot in Jingzhou.

In the past three days, Jiang Yuan could no longer remember how many cities he had passed by. Whenever they came to the city wall, there was no need to attack the city, and they didn't even need to open their mouths. The county magistrates of some small cities would have already presented the seal with both hands.

Faced with hundreds of thousands of troops, these small towns had no power to resist at all.

Moreover, what Jiang Yuan did in Luoyun City had begun to ferment. Ding Ziyan led a hundred thousand soldiers and horses, but he couldn't even hold out for a day and his city wall was directly broken through.

Ding Ziyan also led people to resist and rebel, but what was the final outcome?

A total of 100,000 soldiers and horses, not a single one was left alive, and their heads were rolling on the ground.

This is the case even for Luoyun City, which has a 100,000-strong army, let alone small cities like theirs, which only have 10,000 soldiers. If Jiang Yuan is really annoyed, he might even massacre the entire city after breaking into it.

In this case, who would dare to resist?

And drove all the way to Jiangyuan in Jingzhou, looking at the map.

What happens next will not be so simple. Jingzhou City is definitely a tough nut to crack. According to the news from the front, Ning Fei's subordinates Song Mingxuan and Zhao Shun have concentrated all the troops of Jingzhou in Jingzhou City.

The number of troops has probably already exceeded 200,000.

With so many people, even Jiang Yuan didn't dare to underestimate them. If one of them wasn't careful, there might be a real disaster.

"All troops, listen to my command. Kong Xuan, Zhao Kai, Wang Gang, and Li Hu, the four of you will lead your squads and command the two wings respectively. If you encounter a city that dares not surrender, after you capture it, all soldiers and officials within will be executed!"

"Everyone else, follow me straight to Jingzhou City!"